US868855A - Printing-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 868,855. PATENTED 0:31". 22. 1907.-

. ,J. L. FIRM. PRINTING MAOHINE:

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J. L. FIRM.

PRINTING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1907,

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No. 868,855. PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

' J. L. FIRM.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIOH FILED MAR. 29. 1901.

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' J. L. FIRM.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1907.

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lmglllll mm.m|||||||||||||||| alllllllllllllllllllLlMl WTED AZE EE T JOSEPH L. FIRM, F BEBWYN'; ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 THEGOSS PRINTING P ESSEQMPANY,

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.To all whomjlt may comer: Be-it kxiowix that I; J OBE'PH L..

United States, residing at Be'rwyn, i'n'the ebunty (if otherWebs; then associating; "cuttiiig aid folding the webs'trbtnsverselyg andthen deliverifi their; one prbdtIcL.

- I n the' present iiiventioxi 'I-fise tvids'elis a deulplc iifinting couple having twb ldfni'anicl idur im- .ifeatufe, whereby webs f'rdni one set may be efnsed (i i 0f is YQIY-imp'ortant for fastwork.

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. VariOfiS fo m o'i th e iiijentidn iire ill nstr iitml in the leivandgt 1. mg is: flqne l t ndrlowkmpriritingmechanisms, and'tltu colored 6r suppleximnt is printed oil the tbp deck,

, top ofthe inaixtprintipg mechanit ms, all tliu cylindoi's being four plates or pages wide.

t SpecificatienefLettere Petent. Petented Oct.22, 1907. Appllqation filed March 3951 907} Berisil Hp- 365329. v

' inge, A indicates; rollat thesid of'the 'r'i' achine, the wet fromwhic'h pases over the r'ollera 1 ii'rld 2 to impre'ssion cylinder 0 'whe're'it is printed by ferm cylindr D, thelice 'Gverthe 'iollers'? end 4 tdim reaidn bylinder E, find i5 primed upqn'its i'eveis' till; by frm cylindex.- F, the'nce dver the'roller 5 sind 'turlhlng bai 6. and betweeii tlzt'iollers ffind 8, aid ever tl l e i'ollei' l'ti to the rollers-20 and 21;where'it ibets'th fieb'lli' This web B is fedhomjs, ro'llgt the end of thefmqcilme; and pa'aee civ'er mller 9 find 53,15 l0, t'hence lin cl er rbller 1] and ever." iinp'resion byli'ndei ii fi'nt'ed Qil its first side by. ft'm eylindlf D; "th nefe' fn d'r the jollei 1'2 teli'nipfesgidn c'ylihde: 1 amt-i1; 'p'rirltd u pdiijitg' ye.- ver'se side .by l'fmin cylinder. F";-thezae". vr teller 13', the turiling burl and roller i523, skid theiic'e 'u nd'e i' ollerf "17 to the 'rllr'EBO-and 21,1 v here; it meet the web A, ash-bet described. A x thkdllers '20 and ers'ZZ and 23, and to the deliveqy mechapisxn which will be hereinafter desbribed, making ioijr zopiespi I twelve p'agepapers with a cdlored'gupplement. i

Referring specifically to Fig s. .1, 2 gnd6 6f the dralwv v I I' n'se thfe fo'rtx i lj I cylinders L; M O; afic l t-hekey blopk Qrjlagt c019: I on'formfylipaelr the pg'ipted oi term r011er129 wherein i5 i ht lgytl ie glitterflO; thence itfpa s aes' between the 1501 19 18 20 when; .it meets,

1311, the arrangement above described, the right side OI th'e press, that is, the side printing the webs A and B, may be idle, or 'it may be used to printnnd deliver sections from the rightend of the press, in a manner sil nilar to that alrcs'dy described with respect to the Wbs' A and B, but of course without the colored l iirect titrn isvcisol-y by the knife S on the male cutting supplement.

When no'color is required from the top deck it.

be modified asshow'n in Fig. 5, in which, by withdraw ing the gear 32pm} using the'g'ears 33 and 34-,tho'cyllnf; ders N and P are changed in their rotationond the iorjn;

' cylinders M and O arcsilenced, the he]; A p is sih direct from its roll to the rollers 2fiand-27und thnt'" lover roller 28. to impression cylinder-K" yherefiit is printed on one side by form cylinder]. and;

down under and 'around impressiorrcylinder R nd is printed, upon its reverse side by cylinder-I'd thence over rollers 35 and 36in?! undi' roll; E l7 to era and 21, wh rein meets-the Webb ssists passes therewith doyn the formers No. 358891. when so crossed over theyare associated together gironnd theroller 16, and .to ,the upper self-0t longitudinal folders, and the webs .B and B'ire dated and psssed togethersrohnd' the'follr 17h) a lower set of longitudinal folders sndformers as shown The longitudinal folders-or formers 22 and '23,

" 22' and 23", are placed above each other, as' sliowh.

clearly. in Figs. 3 and 4, and .doing this I ems 111a to lead' the folded websto the'trrtnsverse' cutting, 'rqidipg urd delivering carrier Q Iaced at the right of said -fo klore-311d atthe' side of the pi ess-si'id-perellel thereto,

'andfanr a'ble' to associate 'a ll the longitudinal folded webs together as one product and stufi'ed inside of each other. These. products m'iy bent vsrioustlenoiniha; t1ons, such its .eight, ten, twelve, fourteen or'siictee'm pages in sections.

. The qutting folding anddelivery mechanism is "suhvstentiall'y the same as shown end described in my 'pend'ing application No. 354101, with the difference that the 'cutting cylinders R and U are male cutting eylindersand hold the knives Sand S' which comet'- with tht' --?;;-itrices V and V on .the carrier Q; also, the

web-sate ll Ted'from one side of the machine as the' aboveonc another, and no!v side-by side as ication, whereby floor space is saved. v ,now'to the delivery shown in 1 and formers "between thgrollers 100 and 101., registering roller 200, androllersliitl and 103'and are associated and passed between the i'ollers 104 tmd 105 where they meet the webs Band B. 'lhese webs, Band B, after passing 'over' the roller 17 pass between the rollers 20 and 21 ."ahd ere slitted'b ythe slit-tor 19, and thence down the formers 22f 23", which are located under the formers er-smash- Side e b e m; h 'i fli ti -m n 4 more particularly in 'mKpendin g appliostibn as follows: the webs 'zisnd K ar sssocii tedendpassed.

A and A, associated with the color wcl 22 lk igifii and thence the split halves pass between 1herol l-cra,.'l06"nnd 107, registering roller 20], and i'bllitifllOB'digd 109, thmi-cc bchyccn rollers ]10 and H1, and-thchefiiipwarilly between rollers 105 and [12, incotingalhe-'websiL-A ml-A the-webs all passing togetherfto the Jennie! (2., On this carrier the 'webs ,CYliiide'r. R c'doctin g with the matrix V mi the carrier "ond ipinned if? ion thrust and transversely folded ,bctweeni thefolhir'llfi arid 11.4 by the folding blade 122," the prodhct.thn'passing under tape 116 to the rotary jfly 117. ninl' delit'eredto the apron, H8. It ,will

' l2l'r'snddel ii erf nfiron1202 are silenced and not used,

. si'nhe'ilhthe'websfare associated and stuffed und dclit'eted" st ont'y fone side. Whensuch smiling is not fl.esired;tlie modific'sti'on shown in Fig. 4 may he adopted ln'tl'ris thefswcbsln, and A are 1cd-t0 the carrier Q 'from the torhie'rs-fihndflil and are cut by the knife 5 s, folded, p titesmeridian-113 Rud'lll by the fold "ingfblsdejltifljnndthence delivered to the apron 118.

122* and??? totlizi roller 205, passing thence -over the roller to the'csirier Q,-and are pinned by the.,pins 'Tsnd'ciitfhythej S co-acting with the matrix V end alre thence thrust and folded between the rollers under the tapes 126 to the rots-ry fly 201, thence to the 'delivery'epron'202, giving, 'in all, eight copies of eight P spe *The colored supplement of two, four, six or eight *fmge'e jean be added to any of the sections desired, and I the difi'erent products possible are as follows; eight copies of eight pages,-'fonr copics of ten pages, lour copies.of. twelv e pages, four copies of fourteen pages;

for {our copies of sixteen pages, at each rvoliition.

I claim: 1. Ida'pi-Inting machine. the combination of a web tudjnal folder opposite the ends of the cylinders. and a snp plementinl web per'fectl nmcyltnder printing mechanism mounted above said mechanism,- the cylinders of the respectl ve mechiinlsms helm; at-n right angle'to each other,

arilsmn and pass the some to the folder.

perfecting cylinder printing -nreclmnlsm, and 'a simpleed shove mild mechanlsm, the cyllnderfipf the respective mechanisms being at linangletoesch other.'snd mpsns-j'to uiechnnisms.

wehm'feetlng cylinder printing mechgnisrrn. ,nnd Q sniv plementnl welrpei-tectlngcylinder printing mephahlsin mounted-above said msehhanlstu, the cylinders of therespectlv'e mechanisms being at a rlggfiifiniigle to'each other,

i 4. In a printing machine, the honihlngjtlbn or a ihim b wch-perlecting; cylinder printing mechanism; nppcr and 'l23 flnd l24 li'yit he folding lilade 121, 'ztnd pass then' and means to {associate the webs from the respective mach 1 115 32. In n printing machine, the combination ol a weir Webs-B and 'BT stedelivered "from the formers perfecting cylinder printing mechanism having a longimentnl web perfecting eyilnder'pclnting mechanism moxizitq 12b" nssoclnte. fold and dclli er the webs tromf the-respectlve- 3. In a printing lunchlnht lie comblnntlpn ofa' mum .125

and means to n'ssoc'lute, fold anddeflvec' the several webs.

printed Webs trune or, both of said folders, a carrier 10 beside said folders having dou'piesets'ot transverse cutting,

folding and delivery devices co'ciperating therewith, and 'memis to nptiunliliy puss the webs from line said iuiders i0 nne or imih 01' said gels.

in testimony whereof I nfiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses JOSEPH L. FIRM.

Witnesses NELLIE Fnursxoc, H. G, BATCHELOR.

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